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猫

猫 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

cat

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ビョウHS
Kun (native)
  • ねこJHS
Other languages
  • 拼音mao1
  • 拼音mao2
  • 한글myo
  • Hán-ViệtMiêu

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
11 strokes
Radical
犬(いぬ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+732B

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰犭苗

Words using this kanji

  • 猫ねこ（ねこ、ネコ）ネコ科を構成する小型の哺乳類で、犬とともに古くからの愛玩動物。 ネコのような、甘えん坊あるいはな人に対する比喩表現。cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus), feline, shamisen, geisha
  • 猫舌ねこじたdislike of very hot food or drink, inability to take hot food
  • 猫背ねこぜ「ねこぜ」参照。bent back, hunchback, stoop
  • 猫ねこま（ねこ、ネコ）ネコ科を構成する小型の哺乳類で、犬とともに古くからの愛玩動物。 ネコのような、甘えん坊あるいはな人に対する比喩表現。cat
  • 猫車ねこぐるま「ねこぐるま」の漢字表記。wheelbarrow
  • 猫足ねこあしcabriole leg (of a table, chair, etc.), stealthy footsteps, walking silently
  • 猫板ねこいたfireside board
  • 猫柳ねこやなぎrosegold pussy willow (Salix gracilistyla)
  • 猫又ねこまたnekomata, fork-tailed cat yōkai, giant beast that inhabits the mountains
  • 猫鮫ねこざめbullhead shark (esp. the Japanese bullhead shark, Heterodontus japonicus)
  • 猫額びょうがく猫の額。また、それほど狭いこと。(as small as a) cat's forehead
  • 猫蚤ねこのみcat flea (Ctenocephalides felis)
  • 猫耳ねこみみcat ears, nekomimi, character with cat ears, catgirl
  • 猫草ねこくさcat grass (often Avena sativa), catgrass
  • 猫飯ねこまんまdish of rice and miso soup or dried bonito flakes
  • 猫娘ねこむすめcatgirl, character who looks, acts, etc. like a cat
  • 猫砂ねこすなcat litter, kitty litter
  • 猫缶ねこかんcanned cat food, tin of cat food
  • 猫派ねこはcat person
  • 猫肉ねこにくcat meat, cat flesh

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-8
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4426.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3g8.5
Heisig
259
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2893